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jon lapook. jon, thanks so much. if you would like to learn more about this, go to our partner in health news webmd.com and search "cancer blood test." to washington now where the new 112th congress convenes on wednesday with the republicans in charge of the house. congressional correspondent nancy cordes is on capitol hill tonight. nancy, i understand the first order of business for the republicans will be trying to repeal health care reform. but that's not likely to succeed. >> reporter: it isn't, katie. but republicans campaigned first and foremost against the president's health care plan and so they're making one of their first orders of business voting to repeal it. they just announced today that they're scheduling a vote for wednesday of next week, january 12, right out of the gate. and here's what else they've told us they want to focus on right from the start. they want to vote to cut congressional budgets by 5%. and they want to hold hearings on the impact of regulation on job creation which is another way o
jon lapook. jon, thanks so much. if you would like to learn more about this, go to our partner in health news webmd.com and search "cancer blood test." to washington now where the new 112th congress convenes on wednesday with the republicans in charge of the house. congressional correspondent nancy cordes is on capitol hill tonight. nancy, i understand the first order of business for the republicans will be trying to repeal health care reform. but that's not likely to succeed....
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jon lapook reports from the front lines. an assassination in afghanistan deals a major blow to peace talks. mandy clark is in kabul. taxpayers get burned again. bob orr on why the government spent $16 for a muffin. and the graphic ads that are helping parents save their children from the surge of meth addiction. >> how does it all end? you tell me how does it all end. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. there's news tonight in the war on cancer. a landmark report says that there has been remarkable progress on some cancers but nearly no improvement in others. the report by the american association for cancer research is a milestone. 40 years after the nixon administration declared a national campaign against the disease. after those four decades, here is the toll now. cancer in america in 2010 claimed more than 571,000 lives. that comes to about one person every minute. one in two men and one in three women can expect to get cancer in their lifetimes. so we a
jon lapook reports from the front lines. an assassination in afghanistan deals a major blow to peace talks. mandy clark is in kabul. taxpayers get burned again. bob orr on why the government spent $16 for a muffin. and the graphic ads that are helping parents save their children from the surge of meth addiction. >> how does it all end? you tell me how does it all end. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening....
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. >> jon nachison: we're going to open the gates. let's do it. >> pelley: they were literally a battalion-- 947 men, women and children. >> good morning, sir. welcome to stand down. we'd like to give you a breakfast bag and something to drink. >> nachison: when people come in, they're instantly transported back to the military, a time when they wore the uniform, where they were proud, where they were walking tall. >> pelley: you want them to remember a time in life when they were proud of themselves. >> nachison: i want to evoke that person in them. >> pelley: nachison does that by putting them inside a military- style base on a san diego high school athletic field-- 30 tents erected by marines from nearby camp pendleton. here, there was hot chow, warm showers, clean clothes and fresh hope. so, who can you save? >> nachison: people can save their self; i... i can't save anybody. >> pelley: you don't expect a miracle to happen when they came here for three days. >> nachison: oh, i do. >> pelley: you do? >> nachison: i do. >> ready, si
. >> jon nachison: we're going to open the gates. let's do it. >> pelley: they were literally a battalion-- 947 men, women and children. >> good morning, sir. welcome to stand down. we'd like to give you a breakfast bag and something to drink. >> nachison: when people come in, they're instantly transported back to the military, a time when they wore the uniform, where they were proud, where they were walking tall. >> pelley: you want them to remember a time in life...
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jon lapook on a new recommendation today on whether the hpv vaccine should be given to boys. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. seismic forces shaping the country crossed in the bay area today. a president campaigning for another chance and an economy so troubled that some have taken to the streets. president obama landed in san francisco in search of money for his re-election campaign. and just across the bay bridge back there in oakland, the police cracked down on demonstrators, protesting against folks that they believe have too much money. a cbs news "new york times" poll out just tonight finds most americans are not sure what to make of the occupy wall street movement that has spread from coast to coast. 25% have a favorable opinion of it. 20% unfavorable. but the majority, 53%, are either undecided or say they haven't heard enough. but in oakland, officials decided today that they have heard more than enough. john blackstone shows us what happened next. >> reporter: riot squads confronted about 350 demo
jon lapook on a new recommendation today on whether the hpv vaccine should be given to boys. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. seismic forces shaping the country crossed in the bay area today. a president campaigning for another chance and an economy so troubled that some have taken to the streets. president obama landed in san francisco in search of money for his re-election campaign. and just across the bay...
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jon lapook is our medical correspondent and, john, we've heard lot about the health benefits of coffee before. i >> right, there's emerging evidence they help lower the risk of parkinson's disease, liver cancer, cirrhosis, even diabetes. but never anything like that where drinking even one to three cups a day lowered the risk of dying from prostate cancer by 30%. >> couric: why do they think coffee is so ben snishl is it the caffeine? >> it's specifically not the caffeine because men who drank decaf had the same benefits. there are a lot more thing in those coffee beans than just caffeine. antioxidant, things that lower inflammation. that may help. there are things in the coffee beans that can lower, at least theoretically, troen. those hormones can fuel cancer sgroet that can put the kibosh on the cancer. >> couric: so should men head out to dunkin' donuts and starbucks senate >> no, there's a lot more research to be done, katie. >> couric: and coming up next on the "cbs evening news," possible cancer causing chemicals found in products that are supposed to protect infacts. that's goi
jon lapook is our medical correspondent and, john, we've heard lot about the health benefits of coffee before. i >> right, there's emerging evidence they help lower the risk of parkinson's disease, liver cancer, cirrhosis, even diabetes. but never anything like that where drinking even one to three cups a day lowered the risk of dying from prostate cancer by 30%. >> couric: why do they think coffee is so ben snishl is it the caffeine? >> it's specifically not the caffeine...
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. >> jon stewart might have had it right. >> as a comedian it's a slam dunk. weiner name, weiner picture, where's my check? >> reporter: it was the late-night mockery and testy exchanges with reporters. >> i'm not going to talk about this anymore. >> reporter: that convinced weiner to reverse his pledge not to discuss the matter. do you think you know lo did it? >> i don't know. i do have someone that i've asked who are professionals who come in who look at this kind of stuff for big firms. >> reporter: but many have questioned why the liberal new yorker who has called for tougher cyber security laws did not ask capitol police or the fbi to look into it. >> i don't believe this is a capitol crime. i believe this is a state of mischief. >> reporter: but it's causing more than mischief for you now. >> it's causing -- it's causing mischief but that doesn't necessarily mean that i ask the taxpayers of the united states of america to undergo a big investigation on who posted a silly picture on my twitter page. >> reporter: congressman weiner is now asking for priva
. >> jon stewart might have had it right. >> as a comedian it's a slam dunk. weiner name, weiner picture, where's my check? >> reporter: it was the late-night mockery and testy exchanges with reporters. >> i'm not going to talk about this anymore. >> reporter: that convinced weiner to reverse his pledge not to discuss the matter. do you think you know lo did it? >> i don't know. i do have someone that i've asked who are professionals who come in who look at...
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>> that is the question for jon huntsman. look at his record when he was governor of utah, he was a moderate governor then. he has this loyalist demeanor with president obama, trying to emphasize that and then you have to look at his record. it's very tough for jon huntsman to define who he is. if he tries to go too far to the right and beat up on barack obama, is he going to look disloyal and will voters believe it? is he going to seem real if he starts running as some far right conservative. we saw what happened when mitt romney ran in 2008. no one bought it, and it hurt him in 2008. >> and ron, is that the question at this point? has this come together? are they staking out their positions to what we're going to see in the election here? is huntsman closer to the center, and it's rick perry who just at this point does not seem interested in being inclusive. >> we're in that point of the campaign it happens every cycle when the party out of power is dissatisfied with their field, it's hard to see anybody this early on stand
>> that is the question for jon huntsman. look at his record when he was governor of utah, he was a moderate governor then. he has this loyalist demeanor with president obama, trying to emphasize that and then you have to look at his record. it's very tough for jon huntsman to define who he is. if he tries to go too far to the right and beat up on barack obama, is he going to look disloyal and will voters believe it? is he going to seem real if he starts running as some far right...
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proposals, very different, on what to do about unemployment from republican candidates michele bachmann and jon huntsman. >> osgood: thank you, bob schieffer. we'll be watching. next week cbs news marks the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. we'll see you back here again the week after sunday morning september 18. [ female announcer ] nutri-grain -- one good decision... ♪ ...can lead to another. ♪ ♪ with real fruit, more of the whole grains your body needs, and a good source of fiber. nutri-grain can help you eat better all day. captioning made possible by johnson & johnson, where quality products for the american family have been a tradition for generations g7Ñ do you have an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, or afib, that's not caused by a heart valve problem? are you taking warfarin to reduce your risk of stroke caused by a clot? you should know about pradaxa. an important study showed that pradaxa 150mg reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin. and with pradaxa, there's no need for those regular blood tests. pradaxa is progress. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes
proposals, very different, on what to do about unemployment from republican candidates michele bachmann and jon huntsman. >> osgood: thank you, bob schieffer. we'll be watching. next week cbs news marks the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. we'll see you back here again the week after sunday morning september 18. [ female announcer ] nutri-grain -- one good decision... ♪ ...can lead to another. ♪ ♪ with real fruit, more of the whole grains your body needs, and a good source of...
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jon stewart was doing a parody where he admitted sending the lud photo. the routine called for stewart to make a margherita with a blender but broke a glass and accidentally cut his wrist. >> not good. i'm probably going to need to go to the hospital. the show was briefly halted while stewart was treated with a bandageage. that scandal may prompt another famous name to run for mayor of new york. alec baldwin friend says baldwin thinks without weiner running for mayor the dynamics of the race with a shifted. i'd say that's a good assumption. they're talking about the race politically things have changed. >> yes, that's what i love about you, you never state the obvious, jeff glor, love the assumption. >>> the national high temperatures for today, talking about the heat all morning. the southern tier from los angeles to miami, 88 in miami, 71 in los angeles, the one cool spot, fargo, 58 degrees. to the west coast we go, you saw a lot of chilly temperatures in the last few days, temperatures start to rebound a spell, these are seasonable, 60 uricoh, 67 in sa
jon stewart was doing a parody where he admitted sending the lud photo. the routine called for stewart to make a margherita with a blender but broke a glass and accidentally cut his wrist. >> not good. i'm probably going to need to go to the hospital. the show was briefly halted while stewart was treated with a bandageage. that scandal may prompt another famous name to run for mayor of new york. alec baldwin friend says baldwin thinks without weiner running for mayor the dynamics of the...
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debt ceiling has been going on for a week, started as a budget negotiation and now it's devolved into jon and kate gosselin fighting over who gets the toaster oven. >> they accused of president obama of hiding in the basement over debt ceiling talks. joe biden accused of president obama of locking him in the basement. stay down there. >> i heard if we don't raise the debt limit, the debt ceiling we could lose our aaa rating. yeah. and i said for the love of god, why doesn't the auto club mind their own damned business. >> i guess that's one benefit to this insanity happening in washington it's so frustrating the american people it is fantastic fodder for late night. >> they got plenty of material. he talks about aaa, they ought to get this settled, drive people to -- this is we're talking seriously -- >> a mess. >> it is. something that's got to get done. i mean that on a searups note. this is affecting a lot of, going to take a lot of people on a lot of levels. the level of frustration has gotten to a point where it's at a fever pitch. let's go d.c., get something done. >> it's politics.
debt ceiling has been going on for a week, started as a budget negotiation and now it's devolved into jon and kate gosselin fighting over who gets the toaster oven. >> they accused of president obama of hiding in the basement over debt ceiling talks. joe biden accused of president obama of locking him in the basement. stay down there. >> i heard if we don't raise the debt limit, the debt ceiling we could lose our aaa rating. yeah. and i said for the love of god, why doesn't the auto...
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jon lapook is here to give you a closer look how far we have come and how far we have to go. great for you to be here this morning. >> the good news is mortality rates from cancer have been steadily dropping since 1990 but according to the report from the american association for cancer research, more than 500,000 people died last year alone. one every minute of every day. 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will be diagnosed with cancer throughout their lifetime but there are 12 million survivors. >> some pretty big advances. walk us through the biggest advances we have seen. >> the biggest thing is personalized medicine. this targeted therapies. the in old days we used to throw the kitchener sink at cancer. chemo and radiation and hope we would kill the cancer before we killed the patient because we were affecting normal cells at the same rate we were affecting cancer cells. with the targeted therapies we figured out what is the difference between a cancer cell and normal cell and we are able to target that cancer cell and leave the normal cell alive and go after the cancer cell so
jon lapook is here to give you a closer look how far we have come and how far we have to go. great for you to be here this morning. >> the good news is mortality rates from cancer have been steadily dropping since 1990 but according to the report from the american association for cancer research, more than 500,000 people died last year alone. one every minute of every day. 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will be diagnosed with cancer throughout their lifetime but there are 12 million...
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strategists are concerned about former massachusetts governor mitt romney, former ambassador to china jon huntsman, feel those are candidates who could appeal to the middle andral election and threaten the president, those candidates are not catching on, huntsman, who is barely registering in the polls. republican voters are excited about sarah palin, amichele bachmann, i don't think the white house is worried about them. >> there are two races, the race among republicans for the nomination, which as you're pointing out, different criteria and different base essentially than the person who ultimately wins and moves on to the general election. >> that's right, it's particularly true right now i think because the tea party base of the republican party is really expecting some pretty tough talks and red meat that does come back to haunt a candidate in the general election so michele bachmann has the luxury of appeal to the crowd, she's known for fiery rhetoric. someone like romney on the other hand is trying to chart a more middle course. the question is can he get the nomination without goi
strategists are concerned about former massachusetts governor mitt romney, former ambassador to china jon huntsman, feel those are candidates who could appeal to the middle andral election and threaten the president, those candidates are not catching on, huntsman, who is barely registering in the polls. republican voters are excited about sarah palin, amichele bachmann, i don't think the white house is worried about them. >> there are two races, the race among republicans for the...
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leader eric cantor was the first to announce he was pulling out, followed quickly by arizona senator jon kyl. "the democrats continue to insist that any deal must include tax increases," cantor said in a statement, "there is not support in a house for a tax increase." >> people are playing with fire. >> reporter: congressman chris van hollen and the other democratic negotiators scrambled to regroup. >> i'm terribly disappointed. it appears they're giving up. >> reporter: the two sides are trying to come up with a debt-cutting package worth roughly $2.5 trillion, which is what republicans want in exchange for raising the nation's debt limit in time for an august 2nd deadline. >> one thing that would take a fragile economy and break it would be for the united states to default on its obligations. >> reporter: negotiators had been saying for weeks that the talks, led by vice president biden, were going well and that they had managed to cobble together about $1 trillion in spending cuts, but democrats were also proposing slashing tax breaks for oil and gas companies, for companies that ship
leader eric cantor was the first to announce he was pulling out, followed quickly by arizona senator jon kyl. "the democrats continue to insist that any deal must include tax increases," cantor said in a statement, "there is not support in a house for a tax increase." >> people are playing with fire. >> reporter: congressman chris van hollen and the other democratic negotiators scrambled to regroup. >> i'm terribly disappointed. it appears they're giving...
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mitt romney garnering 41% of likely republican voters followed by ron paul, jon huntsman. perry got only 8% in that poll. in a poll from florida it's reversed. perry with 28%, romney, 22% of the vote. i know romney has a big hometown advantage in new hampshire. he comes from next door. how do you explain the huge difference between the states? >> a difference for mitt romney is he's done a lot of work in new hampshire since 2008. back then he wasn't as popular. he didn't win natural so he poured a lot of energy into that. the folks who want to shake the candidate's hand before making the judgment. rick perry only just jumped into the race. he hasn't made the same investment. in florida, that's an interesting question in terms of republican primary voters versus the state of florida which we were speaking about earlier with ed roll lyins. perry is making the case he can do well with hispanic, latino voter, but mitt romney is making the case that he has more of the broad, widespread appeal and could perhaps get more of the nonconventional conservative democrats in a general
mitt romney garnering 41% of likely republican voters followed by ron paul, jon huntsman. perry got only 8% in that poll. in a poll from florida it's reversed. perry with 28%, romney, 22% of the vote. i know romney has a big hometown advantage in new hampshire. he comes from next door. how do you explain the huge difference between the states? >> a difference for mitt romney is he's done a lot of work in new hampshire since 2008. back then he wasn't as popular. he didn't win natural so he...